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Zusatztext "This book reflects the important findings of cutting-edge research. It demonstrates the frightening scale of organised crime investment in the legitimate economy! and the negative effects of this phenomenon. Tracing and recovering the proceeds of crime remains a major strategic challenge for law enforcement agencies across Europe! so this publication is as timely as it is important."Rob Wainwright! Director of Europol?"This timely book is a must-read for academics and practitioners who want to know more about criminal infiltration and the various ways in which criminal activities and the legitimate economy are intertwined in a wide array of European countries."Edward R. Kleemans! Full Professor and Chair of Serious and Organized Crime and Criminal Justice! VU University Amsterdam! the Netherlands?"New criminals have moved away from the Dickensian den of thieves and now reside in posh city centre offices. With the aid of accountants! lawyers and financial experts they devise new extortion rackets and malpractices that are threatening the fabric of state and society. This interdisciplinary book presents meticulously researched case studies to show how the criminal elites operate under the guise of business and professionalism. It is a must read for students! scholars and policymakers."Prem Sikka! Professor of Accounting! Essex Business School! University of Essex! UK? Informationen zum Autor Ernesto U. Savona is Professor of Criminology at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy. He is also Director of Transcrime, the Joint Research Centre on Transnational Crime of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Michele Riccardi is Adjunct Professor of Business Economics at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy, and senior researcher at Transcrime. Giulia Berlusconi is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy, and researcher at Transcrime. Zusammenfassung Bringing together leading experts and case studies, this book considers the infiltration of organised crime in legitimate business around Europe, considering the purposes and methods of infiltration and the implications for policy and research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction (Ernesto U. Savona) 1. Organised criminals and the legal economy (Giulia Berlusconi) 2. Measuring organised crime infiltration in legal businesses (Michele Riccardi and Giulia Berlusconi) Part I: Infiltrating legitimate businesses to conceal and facilitate illicit trafficking 3. Transportation companies to hide transit crimes. Organised crime infiltration in the Netherlands (Joras Ferwerda and Brigitte Unger) 4. The sex market, bars and nightclubs. Criminal infiltration in Slovenia (Boštjan Slak, Maja Modic, Katja Eman and Branko Ažman) 5. From drug trafficking to wholesale trade business. Organised crime infiltration in Spain (Jesús Palomo, Jerónimo Márquez and Pilar Laguna) Part II: Infiltrating legitimate businesses to develop fraud schemes 6. Social welfare fraud and criminal infiltration in Sweden (Johanna Skinnari, Lars Korsell and Helena Rönnblom) 7. Crash-for-cash and VAT carousels. Organised crime infiltration in the United Kingdom (David Wall, Yulia Chistyakova and Stefano Bonino) Part III: Infiltrating legitimate businesses to control the territory and influence policy makers 8. Mafia infiltration in legitimate companies in Italy. From traditional sectors to emerging businesses (Michele Riccardi, Cristina Soriani and Valentina Giampietri) 9. Grand banditisme traditionnel and foreign groups. Organised crime infiltration in France (Michele Riccardi and Diana Camerini) 10. From bikers to entrepreneurs. Motorcycle gangs infiltration in Finland (Sarianna Petrell and Jarmo Houtsonen) Part IV: Research and policy implications<...
